bulk edit remove postman, pass #2

Author: HeidiSteen

articles/search/search-blob-storage-integration.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ You can start directly in your Storage Account portal page.
 
 1. Use [Search explorer](search-explorer.md) in the search portal page to query your content.
 
-The wizard is the best place to start, but you'll discover more flexible options when you [configure a blob indexer](search-howto-indexing-azure-blob-storage.md) yourself. You can call the REST APIs using a tool like Postman. [Tutorial: Index and search semi-structured data (JSON blobs) in Azure AI Search](search-semi-structured-data.md) walks you through the steps of calling the REST API in Postman.
+The wizard is the best place to start, but you'll discover more flexible options when you [configure a blob indexer](search-howto-indexing-azure-blob-storage.md) yourself. You can use a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md). [Tutorial: Index and search semi-structured data (JSON blobs)](search-semi-structured-data.md) walks you through the steps of calling the REST API.
 
 ## How blobs are indexed
 

articles/search/search-file-storage-integration.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This article supplements [**Create an indexer**](search-howto-create-indexers.md
 
 + Read permissions on Azure Storage. A "full access" connection string includes a key that grants access to the content.
 
-+ Use a REST client, such as [Postman app](https://www.postman.com/downloads/), if you want to formulate REST calls similar to the ones shown in this article.
++ Use a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md) to formulate REST calls similar to the ones shown in this article.
 
 ## Supported document formats
 

articles/search/search-howto-create-indexers.md

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ During indexing, an indexer only checks field names and types. There's no valida
 
 ## Create an indexer
 
-When you're ready to create an indexer on a remote search service, you need a search client. A search client can be the Azure portal, Postman or another REST client, or code that instantiates an indexer client. We recommend the Azure portal or REST APIs for early development and proof-of-concept testing.
+When you're ready to create an indexer on a remote search service, you need a search client. A search client can be the Azure portal, a REST client, or code that instantiates an indexer client. We recommend the Azure portal or REST APIs for early development and proof-of-concept testing.
 
 ### [**Azure portal**](#tab/portal)
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ When you're ready to create an indexer on a remote search service, you need a se
 
 ### [**REST**](#tab/indexer-rest)
 
-The Postman app can function as an indexer client. Using the app, you can connect to your search service and send [Create Indexer (REST)](/rest/api/searchservice/create-indexer) or [Update indexer](/rest/api/searchservice/update-indexer) requests. 
+Visual Studio Code with a REST client can send indexer requests. Using the app, you can connect to your search service and send [Create Indexer (REST)](/rest/api/searchservice/create-indexer) or [Update indexer](/rest/api/searchservice/update-indexer) requests. 
 
 ```http
 POST /indexers?api-version=[api-version]
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ POST /indexers?api-version=[api-version]
 }
 ```
 
-There are numerous tutorials and examples that demonstrate REST clients for creating objects. [Create a search index using REST and Postman](search-get-started-rest.md) can get you started.
+There are numerous tutorials and examples that demonstrate REST clients for creating objects. [Create a search index using REST](search-get-started-rest.md) can get you started.
 
 ### [**.NET SDK**](#tab/indexer-csharp)
 

articles/search/search-howto-index-azure-data-lake-storage.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For a code sample in C#, see [Index Data Lake Gen2 using Microsoft Entra ID](htt
 
 + Read permissions on Azure Storage. A "full access" connection string includes a key that grants access to the content, but if you're using Azure roles instead, make sure the [search service managed identity](search-howto-managed-identities-data-sources.md) has **Storage Blob Data Reader** permissions.
 
-+ Use a REST client, such as [Postman app](https://www.postman.com/downloads/), if you want to formulate REST calls similar to the ones shown in this article.
++ Use a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md) to formulate REST calls similar to the ones shown in this article.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > ADLS Gen2 implements an [access control model](../storage/blobs/data-lake-storage-access-control.md) that supports both Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) and POSIX-like access control lists (ACLs) at the blob level. Azure AI Search does not support document-level permissions. All users have the same level of access to all searchable and retrievable content in the index. If document-level permissions are an application requirement, consider [security trimming](search-security-trimming-for-azure-search.md) as a potential solution.

articles/search/search-howto-indexing-azure-tables.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This article supplements [**Create an indexer**](search-howto-create-indexers.md
 
 + Read permissions on Azure Storage. A "full access" connection string includes a key that gives access to the content, but if you're using Azure roles, make sure the [search service managed identity](search-howto-managed-identities-data-sources.md) has **Data and Reader** permissions.
 
-+ Use a REST client, such as [Postman app](https://www.postman.com/downloads/), if you want to formulate REST calls similar to the ones shown in this article.
++ Use a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md) to formulate REST calls similar to the ones shown in this article.
 
 ## Define the data source
 

articles/search/search-indexer-how-to-access-private-sql.md

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ You can now configure an indexer and its data source to use an outbound private
 
 You could use the [**Import data**](search-get-started-portal.md) wizard for this step, but the indexer that's generated won't be valid for this scenario. You'll need to modify the indexer JSON property as described in this step to make it compliant for this scenario. You'll then need to [reset and rerun the indexer](search-howto-run-reset-indexers.md) to fully test the pipeline using the updated indexer.
 
-This article assumes Postman or equivalent tool, and uses the REST APIs to make it easier to see all of the properties. Recall that REST API calls for indexers and data sources use the [Search REST APIs](/rest/api/searchservice/), not the [Management REST APIs](/rest/api/searchmanagement/) used to create the shared private link. The syntax and API versions are different between the two REST APIs.
+This article assumes a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md) and uses the REST APIs to make it easier to see all of the properties. Recall that REST API calls for indexers and data sources use the [Search REST APIs](/rest/api/searchservice/), not the [Management REST APIs](/rest/api/searchmanagement/) used to create the shared private link. The syntax and API versions are different between the two REST APIs.
 
 1. [Create the data source definition](search-howto-connecting-azure-sql-database-to-azure-search-using-indexers.md) as you would normally for Azure SQL. The format of the connection string is slightly different for a managed instance, but other properties are the same as if you were configuring a data source connection to Azure SQL database.
 
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ You can use [**Search explorer**](search-explorer.md) in Azure portal to check t
 
 If you ran the indexer in the previous step and successfully indexed content from your managed instance, then the test was successful. However, if the indexer fails or there's no content in the index, you can modify your objects and repeat testing by choosing any client that can invoke an outbound request from an indexer. 
 
-An easy choice is [running an indexer](search-howto-run-reset-indexers.md) in Azure portal, but you can also try Postman and REST APIs for more precision. Assuming that your search service isn't also configured for a private connection, the REST client connection to Search can be over the public internet.
+An easy choice is [running an indexer](search-howto-run-reset-indexers.md) in Azure portal, but you can also try a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md) and REST APIs for more precision. Assuming that your search service isn't also configured for a private connection, the REST client connection to Search can be over the public internet.
 
 Here are some reminders for testing:
 
-+ If you use Postman or another web testing tool, use the [Management REST API](/rest/api/searchmanagement/) and the [2021-04-01-Preview API version](/rest/api/searchmanagement/management-api-versions) to create the shared private link. Use the [Search REST API](/rest/api/searchservice/) and a [stable API version](/rest/api/searchservice/search-service-api-versions) to create and invoke indexers and data sources.
++ If you use a REST client, use the [Management REST API](/rest/api/searchmanagement/) and the [2021-04-01-Preview API version](/rest/api/searchmanagement/management-api-versions) to create the shared private link. Use the [Search REST API](/rest/api/searchservice/) and a [stable API version](/rest/api/searchservice/search-service-api-versions) to create and invoke indexers and data sources.
 
 + You can use the Import data wizard to create an indexer, data source, and index. However, the generated indexer won't have the correct execution environment setting.
 

articles/search/search-query-create.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Parameters used to shape the response:
 
 ## Choose a client
 
-For early development and proof-of-concept testing, start with Azure portal or the Postman app for making REST API calls. These approaches are interactive, useful for targeted testing, and help you assess the effects of different properties without having to write any code.
+For early development and proof-of-concept testing, start with Azure portal or a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md). Both approaches are interactive, useful for targeted testing, and help you assess the effects of different properties without having to write any code.
 
 To call search from within an app, use the **Azure.Document.Search** client libraries in the Azure SDKs for .NET, Java, JavaScript, and Python.
 

articles/search/search-query-fuzzy.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Optionally, you can improve query performance by scoping the request to specific
 
 ## Testing fuzzy search
 
-For simple testing, we recommend [Search explorer](search-explorer.md) or [Postman](search-get-started-rest.md) for iterating over a query expression. Both tools are interactive, which means you can quickly step through multiple variants of a term and evaluate the responses that come back.
+For simple testing, we recommend [Search explorer](search-explorer.md) or a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md) for iterating over a query expression. Both tools are interactive, which means you can quickly step through multiple variants of a term and evaluate the responses that come back.
 
 When results are ambiguous, [hit highlighting](search-pagination-page-layout.md#hit-highlighting) can help you identify the match in the response. 
 

articles/search/search-query-lucene-examples.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The Lucene parser supports complex query formats, such as field-scoped queries,
 
 The following queries are based on the hotels-sample-index, which you can create by following the instructions in this [quickstart](search-get-started-portal.md).
 
-Example queries are articulated using the REST API and POST requests. You can paste and run them in [Postman](search-get-started-rest.md) or another web client. Or, use the JSON view of [Search Explorer](search-explorer.md) in the Azure portal. In JSON view, you can paste in the query examples shown here in this article.
+Example queries are articulated using the REST API and POST requests. You can paste and run them in a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md). Or, use the JSON view of [Search Explorer](search-explorer.md) in the Azure portal. In JSON view, you can paste in the query examples shown here in this article.
 
 Request headers must have the following values:
 

articles/search/search-query-simple-examples.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ In Azure AI Search, the [simple query syntax](query-simple-syntax.md) invokes th
 
 The following queries are based on the hotels-sample-index, which you can create by following the instructions in this [quickstart](search-get-started-portal.md).
 
-Example queries are articulated using the REST API and POST requests. You can paste and run them in [Postman](search-get-started-rest.md) or another web client. Or, use the JSON view of [Search Explorer](search-explorer.md) in the Azure portal. In JSON view, you can paste in the query examples shown here in this article.
+Example queries are articulated using the REST API and POST requests. You can paste and run them in a [REST client](search-get-started-rest.md). Or, use the JSON view of [Search Explorer](search-explorer.md) in the Azure portal. In JSON view, you can paste in the query examples shown here in this article.
 
 Request headers must have the following values: